What do you call someone who studies rocks?
A geologist
What do you call a person who writes books for a living?
An author
How much money is a quarter worth?
25 cents
What is the center of a cell called?
The nucleus
What is the name of the mountain range that extends up the East coast of America?
The Appalachian mountains
What is the hardest rock?
A diamond
How many syllables in Mississippi?
4
Whose face is on the 5 dollar bill?
Abraham Lincoln
How many bones in the human body?
206
What is the hottest, driest, and lowest place in America?
Death Valley
What is the birth stone for September?
Sapphire
How many letters are between L and S
(excluding L & S)
6
(M, N, O, P, Q, R)
What 2 American coins DON'T have raised (reeded) edges?
Penny & Nickel
What is the universal donor blood type?
O negative
What National park is home to Old Faithful Geyser?
Yellowstone
What type of rock forms into a crystal by capturing water inside of it?
Geode
What is an example of an adjective?
A word or phrase naming an attribute
(Color, texture, shape, size, etc.)
What coin stopped being manufactured last year?
The penny
What kind of animal is a lobster?
A shellfish/crustacean
Where can you find the world's largest trees?
Redwood National Park California
What are the three naturally occurring categories of rock?
What does the Latin root word "spect" mean?
To see
(InSPECT, perSPECTive, SPECTator)
What is "paper" money actually made out of?
75% cotton & 25% linen
(can be folded up to 4,000 times forwards and backwards before tearing)
What is the process by which a caterpillar becomes a butterfly called?
Metamorphosis
Name the 5 Great Lakes:
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, & Superior